Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Iowa Pride Network Leadership Team and Youth Council is a diverse group of youth leaders from college and high schools all over Iowa. As a member of the Leadership Team and Youth Council you will learn skills to become a stronger activist and work towards creating a safer climate at your school for LGBTQ youth and straight allies. You will get support around creating a campaign, event planning or starting a GSA club on your campus. In addition, members are responsible for giving input and helping guide the programs of the Iowa Pride Network. Members will represent the needs of college GSAs and youth activists from their campus as well as plan events and lead peer to peer workshops, leadership trainings, conferences and other organizing projects.

In addition you'll have opportunity to:

oHelp plan and run youth led conferences or present workshops at local and national conferences

oPlan and participate in Iowa Pride Network social activities

oApply to become a peer-to-peer youth trainer

oDiscuss emerging trends in the LGBTQ and greater social justice movement

Thursday, May 5, 2011

We are very excited to announce that we’re currently in production of our official podcast which will appropriately be known as Pridecast. This weekly audio podcast will help us keep students up-to-date on IPN events and other happening across Iowa and be available to anyone, anywhere, at any time. This will also allow us to connect with like minded persons throughout the country and around the globe!!

This is a very exciting project for us!! The most exciting part will be YOUR involvement. This is YOUR podcast. This is YOUR voice. We have an idea of what the podcast will sound like, but we are more interested in what YOU want to hear. What’s going to make the podcast interesting for you? What will keep you involved week after week?

The last few months have been spent in development and the first show will be released during the first week of June 2011!! So, during the next couple weeks, we NEED YOUR HELP! Send us your topic ideas, segment ideas, and show ideas!!